Busy Learners Activity Cube

Busy Learners Activity Cube
Released	August, 2013

Busy Learners Activity Cube was released in 2013.

Songs and Melodies

The Cube has 25 songs and melodies: 20 instrumental melodies and 5 songs with sung lyrics.

Melody List

1. Three Little Kittens
2. Alouette
3. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
4. Bingo
5. Hey Diddle Diddle
6. This Old Man
7. Alphabet Song
8. Humpty Dumpty
9. Pease Porridge Hot
10. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
11. Three Blind Mice
12. Sing a Song of Sixpence
13. Polly Put the Kettle On
14. Grandfather's Clock
15. Bear Went Over the Mountain
16. While Strolling Through the Park One Day
17. Turkey in the Straw
18. Big Rock Candy Mountain
19. Yankee Doodle
20. Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Sung Song Lyrics

SONG 1

• Come and say, "Hi."
• There's fun on 5 sides.
• Meet the animals, beat the drum.
• The cube is fun for everyone!

SONG 2

• The cat in the square,
• Is peeking out of there.
• Meow, meow, meow, meow.
• The cat's in the square.

SONG 3

• The bird in the circle,
• Sings a song that's wonderful.
• Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.
• The bird's in the circle.

SONG 4

• The cow in the triangle,
• Wants to sing for you.
• Moo, moo, moo, moo.
• The cow's in the triangle.

SONG 5

• The dog in the star,
• Barks and runs far.
• Woof, woof, woof, woof.
• The dog's in the star.

Sides

• Top (Animal Buttons)
• Side 1 (Instrument Buttons)
• Side 2 (Climbing Lady Bug)
• Side 3 (Four Letter/Picture Spinners)
• Side 4 (Two Spinners)
• Bottom (Shapes and Numbers Molded into the plastic)

By definition, the Cube has six sides. One of the Cube's spoken lines invites the user to "explore and learn on every side," however, Song 1 states that the Cube is "fun on five sides." Presumably, the bottom is the side that is not fun.

Behavior

When powered on, the Cube will play Song 1.

While any song is playing, pressing a button will interrupt the song and play that button's next behavior.

While a melody is playing, pressing a button will play that button's sound over-top the melody.

Both the animal buttons and the instrument buttons cycle through various behaviors. Their position in the cycle is maintained while the Cube is on, but starts over each time the Cube is powered off.

Animal Buttons

The animal buttons cycle through three behaviors, with the third behavior changing on each pass through the cycle. In total, pressing an animal button nine times is required to hear both melodies.

1. “It's the [Shape]!”
2. “The [Animal] says [Sound].” [Song]
3. Cycles through the following:
   1. Melody 1
   2. [Sound]
   3. Melody 2

Animal	Cat	Bird	Cow	Dog
Shape	Square	Circle	Triangle	Star
Sound	Meow	Chirp	Moo	Bark
Song	Song 2	Song 3	Song 4	Song 5
Melody 1	Three Little Kittens	Alouette	Old MacDonald had a Farm	Bingo
Melody 2	Turkey in the Straw	Big Rock Candy Mountain	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Yankee Doodle

Instrument Buttons

The instrument buttons cycle through three behaviors, with the third behavior changing on each pass through the cycle. In total, pressing an instrument button twelve times is required to hear all four melodies.

1. “It's the [Color] [Instrument]!”
2. "[Play] the [Instrument]"
3. Cycles through the following:
   1. Melody 1
   2. Melody 2
   3. Melody 3
   4. Melody 4

Instrument	Maracas	Drum	Cymbals
Color	Green	Purple	Yellow
Play	Shake	Beat	Clap
Melody 1	Hey Diddle Diddle	Peas Porridge Hot	Polly Put the Kettle On
Melody 2	This Old Man	Row, Row, Row Your Boat	Grandfather's Clock
Melody 3	Alphabet Song	Three Blind Mice	Bear Went Over the Mountain
Melody 4	Humpty Dumpty	Sing a Song of Sixpence	While Strolling Through the Park One Day